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Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle yells from the sidelines during the second half of an NBA basketball game Phoenix Suns, Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Dallas. Dallas won 101-98. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

It’s not certain yet, but it appears very likely that the Mavericks will lose their draft pick this year.

They owe a top-20-protected pick to Oklahoma City for their Lamar Odom disaster a couple years ago.

There would have to be 10 teams finish ahead of the Mavericks in the overall NBA standings for them to keep the pick. As of Monday, there were only eight teams ahead of them. While it’s possible that Chicago, Toronto and Memphis all could pass the Mavericks — or finish tied, in which case a random drawing would occur — one Maverick win or a loss by any of two of those teams would mean the pick goes to Oklahoma City.

That’s not a bad thing, necessarily.

“Who cares?” was Carlisle’s first response, alluding to the fact that even in a strong draft at the top like this year’s, drafting in the 20s is not usually a promising situation.

“This draft ain’t thatgood. It’s more important to be playing this time of year than worrying about the 20-something pick in the draft. That guy ain’t going to help us much next year, regardless.

“We’re paid up. I like draft picks as much as the next guy, but that ain’t helping us win on Wednesday or this weekend.”

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